All my pretty ones?

Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?

What, all my pretty chickens and their dam

At One Fell Swoop? Shakespeare used the imagery of a hunting bird's 'fell swoop' to indicate the ruthless and deadly attack by Macbeth's agents. This old world and savage definition of the phrase, being rapid and fierce action defines one fell swoop. Justifying their belief in the idea that beauty is often born from tragedy.

The beauty of One Fell Swoop lies within their continued use of contradictions to fuel their design process. By combining the historical with the modern, the theatrical with the austere and the organic with the structured. The Western Australian duos create garments, which occupy a space that lies between the commercial and the artistic.

In their most recent collection the duo have stripped away all outside influences, focusing purely on the process of design. By Folding, draping and cutting on the stand One Fell Swoop have created garments that fall effortlessly around the body. With their experimentation of volume, form, and shape combined with a delicate colour pallet their work can be equally dark as it can be playful.

One Fell Swoop does not believe in a specific inspiration for a collection; instead, they draw from a wide range of cultures and references to create modern, avant-garde pieces. One fell swoop’s work experiments with volume, form, shape and fabric. Their work can be equally dark as it can be playful. The somber color palette centers around deep hues of blacks, greys and neutral tones.

In the past One Fell Swoop has hand printed their own cloth, which gave their garments a distinctive and personal touch. This collection has one fell swoop hand dying and digitally printing cloth as it helps fully illustrate the strength of their aesthetic and design

One Fell Swoop's recent aesthetic has been stripped down and bought back to an honest beginning of design, but each garment still survives holding its own strength in that context. Through the years One fell swoop have found that often the simplest of draping techniques executed in an intelligent way can be the most pleasing.